The C-130 military transport plane is a behemoth in the skies, capable of carrying all manner of supplies and personnel ...

The C-130 Hercules military transport plane may not be a sleek jet fighter, but it has been an important tool for the U.S.

The C-130 features a loading ramp and door in the tail that can accomodate palletized loads, vehicles and troops. The aircraft can airdrop up to 42,000 pound loads or land on short, unimproved ...

U.S. propulsion startup Wright Electric is proposing modifying a Lockheed Martin C-130 airlifter into a testbed to study the sequential electrification of large commercial cargo and military aircraft.

The C-130 cargo plane was first designed in 1951. More than seven decades later, one of the plane's latest models, the MC-130J, is being fitted with a new weapons system that is changing how the ...

The folks at Flitetest decided to add some extra power to an electric DH.100 Vampire RC plane by adding a butane afterburner. After some testing, and a bit of fire, they were able to make it fly.

On Sept. 24, 2024, Gary Hogg, a seasoned test pilot logged his 10,000th flight hours in the C-130 Hercules aircraft. The milestone was achieved during a routine C-130H avionics modernization test.

The video, first reported by our friends at The War Zone, was taken by observers on the ground and shows the aircraft plummeting to the earth followed by a massive fireball: F-35B Crashing Ground ...

The FAU aircraft dropped US-developed “Guardian” boxed with 1,000 liters of water each A Uruguayan Air Force (FAU) Hercules C-130 four-engined turboprop aircraft landed back in Montevideo ...

South Africa has made progress in talks for a potential purchase of Embraer's C-390 Millennium, the Brazilian planemaker said ...

Whenever you buy a servo, it usually comes with a little baggie full of various plastic horns. Most of us pick our favorite and use it in our projects. Some of us hack them up, glue them back ...

A new aircraft boasting the fastest speed and range of its peers joins Cal Fire’s fleet to fight wildfires. The C-130 Hercules, once part of the U.S. Coast Guard’s fleet, is the first of seven ...